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# STARTS WITH

#### `<expression> STARTS WITH <value>`

## Description

Evaluates to True if the value returned by `<expression>` has `<value>` as a substring at the start. `<expression>` can be `<table>.<column>` or`AGG(<table>.<column>, <start>, <end>)`.

This operator can only be applied to `text` columns.

### Example

```Text PQL
MOVIE.TITLE STARTS WITH 'The'
```